Activation of toll-like receptors 2 or 3 and preterm delivery in the mouse

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-320

  Ilievski, Vladimir ^a   Lu, Shi Jiang ^b   Hirsch, Emmet ^a,c  

^a Evanston Northwestern Healthcare ^*  (United States)

^b Advanced Cell Technology   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Chemokines.; Preterm birth; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; RANTES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TEICHOIC ACID; TLR2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TLR3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3;

EID: 34648823296     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719107302959     Document Type: Article

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